Health Delivery

The changing face of health care requires new, transdisciplinary models of delivery of care. Facing challenges such as skyrocketing health care costs, more people entering the system, a rise in chronic diseases, and a rapidly aging population, ASU is dedicated to changing the paradigm and directing the focus toward promoting healthy behaviors, as well as delivering health care in novel ways.

Health and Well-Being

Health care is changing in many positive ways and ASU strives to be at the forefront. By embedding health promotion and disease prevention into health care, the university directly benefits the health and wellbeing of the community. Ongoing research is in areas such as lifestyle and behavior change, diabetes prevention, cardiovascular disease, adult and childhood obesity, healthy workplace environments, and nutrition and exercise science.

Conquering Disease

ASU's world-class research faculty, centers and institutes bring together thought-leaders in science, humanities, social sciences, health and engineering to spearhead new approaches to target and treat cancers, understand the spread, evolution and emergence of infectious disease, personalize medicine, and devise strategic interventions for obesity, Alzheimers and mental health challenges.

Whether it is the development of diagnostics or wearable technologies to rapidly detect cancer, or a novel vaccine delivery for Ebola, ASU is striving to advance knowledge and leverage a transdisciplinary approach to health into 21st century solutions for diverse local and global communities.

Informatics and Technology

Health research in the areas of informatics and technology at ASU ranges from investigating ways to harness Big Data, to understanding the causes of Alzheimer’s disease and improving methods for predicting epileptic seizures.

Neuroscience

The brain – and how it is used it to live life to the fullest– is at the center of ASU’s knowledge enterprise. ASU spearheads interdisciplinary work in neuroscience, psychology and the behavioral sciences.

Global Health

Arizona State University is committed to finding new solutions by recognizing that major health challenges stem from many factors beyond disease itself – factors that are ecological, cultural, institutional, historical, evolutionary, social and technological. Effective, sustainable solutions to our most pressing global health challenges will need to take all of these factors into account, as well as the complex ways in which they interrelate.

Policy, Law and Bioethics

Laws and related policies play a pivotal role in public health prevention efforts. Well-known examples — like vaccinations, tobacco control and food safety — reflect how laws can be used to mitigate disease and injury.

Culture of Health

Health at Arizona State University

Transdisciplinary and life-changing work is taking place across ASU's many health related programs, departments, centers and institutes.

ASU Health Clinics

Arizona State University maintains a number of clinics to provide community service locally and abroad, as well as student training.

The ASU Health Services - Community Health Center is located on the Downtown Phoenix campus, and provides quality healthcare to students, faculty, staff, and community residents using an evidence-based approach. A coordinated group of nurse practitioners provide services in acute care, chronic disease, primary care, and women’s health. The clinic is accredited by AAAHC and located at 500 N 3rd St, Suite 155. The hours are Monday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, and Tuesday though Thursday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

The S.H.O.W. Clinic is Arizona's first student-run clinic for the homeless, as part of a service learning program called Student Health Outreach for Wellness (SHOW). The clinic offers health education and clinical care with support from students from the ASU College of Nursing and Health Innovation and the College of Health Solutions, as well as Northern Arizona University and University of Arizona's College of Medicine - Phoenix.

ASU Speech and Hearing Clinics provide high quality professional services to the public, from infants to senior citizens. In addition to clinical services and assessments, the clinics offer outreach programs and camps in literacy, socialization, stuttering therapy and other areas, supported by ASU's Department of Hearing and Speech Science.

ASU Health Services serves ASU students, and is managed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Physicians and nurse practitioners are board-certified in emergency medicine, family medicine, gynecology, internal medicine, neurology, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), rheumatology and sports medicine. On-site x-ray and lab services are available and as well, appointments may be scheduled for acupuncture, massage, chiropractic care, and nutritional counseling

ASU Counseling Services offers confidential personal counseling and crisis services for students experiencing emotional concerns, problems in adjusting, and other factors that affect their ability to achieve their academic and personal goals. Response services and prevention strategies for sexual violence issues can be obtained at ASU Wellness.